Pastimes & Hobbies Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Citations in the Category Pastimes & Hobbies

Hobbies, pastimes, diversions, amusements, fans, amateurs, sidelines, moonlighting, leisure activities, avocations, etc. You can also see entries assigned to this category.

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rolling n. Rolling: Testing a dog’s fighting ability by having it fight smaller dogs and other animals for several minutes. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Pastimes & Hobbies Slang] [full cite] (Aug. 8, 2007)

scrumbling n. Some people refer to it as scrumbling and others call it freeform crochet and knitting.…Free form crochet is a modular technique. The image above is an example of what the scrumbles look like before they are assembled into a larger piece of fabric. This can be anything from a bag to a cape! Because the pieces are made or stitched together in different directions they do not drop. Prudence Mapstone has described how to create a scrumble. [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Pastimes & Hobbies] [full cite] (Sep. 7, 2007)

second n. From time to time, he engages friends who double as trainers, or “seconds” as they are called in chess parlance. These seconds are players of reasonable playing strength who, ahead of important competitions, study various openings and select positions aimed at preparing the one who would engage them. [English Pastimes & Hobbies Jargon] [full cite] (Oct. 9, 2007)

silent key n. Was a licensed amateur (ham) radio with the call sign KA6HVA. When he passed away, he became, in ham radio parlance, a “silent key.” [English Pastimes & Hobbies Slang] [full cite] (Aug. 13, 2008)

simul n. He’s just returned from the 39th Chess Olympiad in Turin, Italy. On each of the 13 stops, he takes on dozens of players in what’s called a “simul” or simultaneous match. [English Entertainment Pastimes & Hobbies Jargon] [full cite] (Jul. 6, 2006)

simul n. At each event in her new Summer Chess Lecture/Simul Series there, a grandmaster will give a talk about chess and then take part in what is called a simul: boards will be set up for participants, and the grandmaster (Susan Polgar on Sunday) will move from board to board, playing one move at a time. [English Pastimes & Hobbies Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 20, 2007)

skitch v. Skater pulled by car is hurt: An 11-year-old boy was critically injured in Arlington when he fell off his skateboard after letting go of a car that was towing him up a hill. Police Chief John Gray said the practice is called “skitching,” a combination of the words skateboarding and hitching. [English Pastimes & Hobbies Sports & Recreation Youth] [full cite] (Apr. 30, 2006)

skittles room n. He went straight to what is known as the “skittles room,” which was not actually a room, but a series of tables where people could play chess for fun before their formal matches. The skittles tables doubled as the gambling pit for several dozen hustlers, who’d come to the tournament not to compete but to ply their trade against skilled players willing to play for high stakes. [English Pastimes & Hobbies Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 10, 2007)

sky bingo n. The skydivers will jump while unfurling a 700 square foot American flag, as well as play what is known as “sky bingo,” where the skydivers land on plates purchased by visitors to the Balloon Race. [English Pastimes & Hobbies Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Jul. 23, 2007)

sneakerhead n. Legions of collectors are standing, zombielike, in the wee hours outside shoe stores, waiting for them to open, mumbling words like “deadstock” and “F.O.T.B.” These people, mostly young men, are called sneakerheads. Sneakerheads want one thing: the coolest, rarest sneaker on the market, whether it be Adidas, Bape or Reebok. [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Pastimes & Hobbies] [full cite] (May. 16, 2006)

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